Province of Macerata
Also known as Macerata province, provincia di Macerata
province of Italy
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The Province of Macerata is an administrative region located in central Italy, in the Marche region. It matters as part of Italy's regional structure and serves as an important area for local governance and cultural heritage in the country.
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- Official name
- Provincia di Macerata
- Area
- 2773.75
- Official website
- www.provincia.mc.it
- Image
- 326MacerataPalazzoStudi.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0733
- Licence plate code
- MC
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- Province of Macerata
- postal code
- 62100
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- Province of Macerata
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The province of Macerata (Italian: provincia di Macerata) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province contains 55 comuni (sg.: comune), listed in the comuni of the province of Macerata. Located between the rivers Potenza (Flosis) and Chienti, both of which originate in the province, the city of Macerata is located on a hill.
The province contains, among the numerous historical sites, the Roman settlement of Helvia Recina, destroyed by orders of Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, in 408. The province was part of the Papal States from 1445 (with an interruption during the French invasion during the Napoleonic Wars), until the unification of Italy in 1860. The University of Macerata was formed in the province in 1260 and was known as the University of the Piceno from 1540, when Pope Paul III issued a bull naming it this. The town of Camerino, home to another historical university, is also located in the region.